Music: Grade 8

Creating 

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation 

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

Interpret

Evaluate

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

Generate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases and harmonic accompaniments within expanded forms (including introductions, transitions, and codas) that convey expressive intent.

Select, organize, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs, and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate tension and release, unity and variety, balance, and convey expressive intent.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/video recording to document personal rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and harmonic sequences.

Evaluate and Refine

Present

Select

Analyze

Interpret

Identify and apply personally developed criteria (such as demonstrating correct interpretation of notation, technical skill of performer, originality, emotional impact, variety, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when the music is ready to perform.

Perform the music, alone or with others, with technical accuracy, stylistic expression, and culturally authentic practices in music to convey the creator’s intent.

Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for venue, purpose, context, and style.

Select

Analyze

Support personal interpretations of contrasting programs of music and explain how creators’ and performers’ apply the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres, cultures, and historical periods, to convey expressive intent.

Apply appropriate personally developed criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.

Examine and demonstrate how personal interests, knowledge, and ideas relate to choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Examine and demonstrate connections between music and societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding.

Evaluate personal work by selecting and applying criteria including appropriate application of compositional techniques, style, form, and use of sound sources.

Describe the rationale for refining works by explaining the choices, based on evaluation criteria.

 Present the final version of documented personal composition, song, or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate the application of compositional techniques for creating unity and variety, tension and release, and balance to convey expressive intent.

Apply personally developed criteria for selecting music of contrasting styles for a program with a specific purpose and/or context, and explain expressive qualities, technical challenges, and reasons for choices.

Compare the structure of contrasting pieces of music selected for performance, explaining how the elements of music are used in each.

When analyzing selected music, sight-read in treble, alto, or bass clef simple rhythmic, melodic, and/or harmonic notation.

Identity how personal, social, cultural, and historical context inform performances and result in different music interpretations.

Perform contrasting pieces of music, demonstrating and explaining how the music’s intent is conveyed by interpretations of the elements of music and expressive qualities (such as articulation/style and phrasing).

Select programs of music and demonstrate the connections to an interest or experience for a specific purpose.

Compare how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to the structure within programs of music.

Identify and compare the context of programs of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.